Is Self Defense the ‘Christian’ Thing to Do?
[caption id="attachment_3713" align="alignnone" width="742"] Roman sword hilt.[/caption] by Jordan Whitaker (Bio) (Guns Save Life) - For some people the question of self-defense, especially with deadly force, raises troubling moral and religious issues. As a Southern Baptist pastor and former US Army infantryman, I have fielded many such concerns from church…
Welcome our newest contributor, Pastor Jordan Whitaker
[caption id="attachment_3706" align="alignnone" width="478"] Pastor Jordan Whitaker.[/caption] Please welcome Jordan Whitaker as our latest contributor to the GSL blog and GunNews. Here's a short bio on him: I am a 30 year old father of three from across the river in Missouri. Since leaving military service (US Army Infantry)…
CRIME GONE WILD: San Bernadino, CA city atty says lock your doors and load your guns
Crime has gone wild in San Bernardino, CA, and unfortunately for residents, this isn't limited to working girls. It's so bad that public officials are recommending residents "load their guns" to protect themselves from violent crime, including a murder rate that's up 50% this year thanks to slashed budgets…
Chicago Isn’t Safe: Six dead overnight, many more wounded
Welcome to the Windy City, USA, home of Illinois' most stringent gun control. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, in Chicago handguns are effectively banned and long guns are heavily restricted. Only the affluent are able to navigate the onerous and expensive process to register them after attending expensive safety-training classes, rendering…
How to get your Curio & Relics License
[caption id="attachment_3565" align="alignnone" width="600"] Get YOUR C&R License![/caption] (Gun Save Life) - Guns Save Life is encouraging its members to sign up for a Curios and Relics Federal Firearms License. Unlike the retail gun dealer federal licenses, the C&R license is easy and inexpensive to get and it doesn’t have…
Gov. Clueless Quinn rebuked by Illinois Senate on his gun ban bill
[caption id="attachment_3673" align="alignnone" width="605"] Governor Quinn had a similar look when the Illinois Senate over-rode his gun ban proposal in a rare public rebuke to the Democrat governor by the Democrat-controlled Senate.[/caption] Illinois Governor Pat "Clueless" Quinn was resoundingly rebuked by a 49-4 vote yesterday as the Senate over-rode the…
Houston thug gets perforated…
Splitting this off into its own post... Young thug in Houston gets shot after physically attacking a store clerk. And, of course, the "black community" agitators are demanding arrest of the clerk for exercising his right to self-defense solely because the attacker was black. For the full report from KHOU.…
Tab clearing: Nov 28/29
Lots of stuff out there the last dozen plus hours worthy of mention, but not worthy of a ton of blog entries. Check these out: FBI Crime Stats: You are more likely to be killed by hands and feet than by a shotgun or rifle (Daily Caller) - The FBI…
Lessons from the Terror at Beslan (warning: graphic)
The good folks at Buckeye Firearms Association published an outstanding blog piece we republished in the August 2011 issue of GunNews. We bring the first half to you with a link at the end to the rest of the piece. It's MUST READ material for every sheepdog in America. …
Three rules about guns every kid should know… adults too.
Robert Farago at The Truth About Guns posted a story of taking his daughter to see Lincoln, the movie. He went on to write that after raising four daughters (oh, my!), he's distilled three basic ideals any child can learn about guns which they can understand. We'll leave it to…